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"Imagine what Palestinians could do for themselves...the above measures would have improved the existence of individual Palestinians. So why haven't they been done?"
Why were Jews chased from most lands they inhabited? Why didn't they "get along" with others? Why didn't THEY "improve their existence" in the past? And why don't Israelis get along with others now?
Why didn't Jews resist the Nazis? Is that what REALLY fuels the current viciousness toward Arabs...that they DO resist? Arab steadfastness shames Jews who remember how meekly they went to their own deaths 70 years ago. It makes psychological sense: The abused worker kicks the dog, not her boss. That's why Israel will never fight Germans or Russians, only weaker "enemies" who remind it of Jews' historical weakness.
Again, the kicker is that Jews, who claim to be eternal victims, now victimize others. In doing so they forfeit sympathy. They're now just brutes, like so many others. The past sufferings of Jews means nothing when the Jewish State enjoys killing so much.
